I did a hazmat shop today and was a bit surprised by what the employee said to me...
We went through the motions, and it was my turn. Friendly woman, how are ya, rainy weather, yada yada.
When it was time to answer the question about hazmat, I let the Post Master know that I was mailing a package for my mom... she immediately replied back, "Honey, you're not supposed to tell me it's being shipped for someone else because now the postal service won't let me mail it out with all this stuff going on with things exploding in planes and people running mail scams." Errrrr... well, I do still need a book of stamps though.
0_o